Earnings Seasons

By Wallace Witkowski, MarketWatch
Earnings season finishing up at highest P/E ratio since 2004
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Expectations are high for home-improvement chain and retail earnings this week as the last sizable batch of S&P 500 companies for the season report quarterly results as stock valuations have hit levels not seen in more than a decade.

By Wallace Witkowski, MarketWatch
Earnings season finishing up at highest P/E ratio since 2004
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Expectations are high for home-improvement chain and retail earnings this week as the last sizable batch of S&P 500 companies for the season report quarterly results as stock valuations have hit levels not seen in more than a decade.

By Wallace Witkowski, MarketWatch
Earnings season finishing up at highest P/E ratio since 2004
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Expectations are high for home-improvement chain and retail earnings this week as the last sizable batch of S&P 500 companies for the season report quarterly results as stock valuations have hit levels not seen in more than a decade.

By Wallace Witkowski, MarketWatch
Earnings season finishing up at highest P/E ratio since 2004
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Expectations are high for home-improvement chain and retail earnings this week as the last sizable batch of S&P 500 companies for the season report quarterly results as stock valuations have hit levels not seen in more than a decade.

By Wallace Witkowski, MarketWatch
Earnings season finishing up at highest P/E ratio since 2004
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Expectations are high for home-improvement chain and retail earnings this week as the last sizable batch of S&P 500 companies for the season report quarterly results as stock valuations have hit levels not seen in more than a decade.

By Wallace Witkowski, MarketWatch
Earnings season finishing up at highest P/E ratio since 2004
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Expectations are high for home-improvement chain and retail earnings this week, with the last sizable batch of S&P 500 companies for the season reporting quarterly results, as stock valuations hit levels not seen in more than a decade.

By Wallace Witkowski, MarketWatch
Earnings season finishing up at highest P/E ratio since 2004
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Expectations are high for home-improvement chain and retail earnings this week, with the last sizable batch of S&P 500 companies for the season reporting quarterly results, as stock valuations hit levels not seen in more than a decade.

By Wallace Witkowski, MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch)--Big banks and other financial companies will dominate the start of earnings season this week, as the sector is expected to underperform the broader S&P 500 index in a quarter where expectations have already dropped considerably.

By Wallace Witkowski, MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch)--Big banks and other financial companies will dominate the start of earnings season this week, as the sector is expected to underperform the broader S&P 500 index in a quarter where expectations have already dropped considerably.

By Anora Mahmudova and Barbara Kollmeyer, MarketWatch
Alcoa kicks off earnings season by beating Wall Street estimates
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks rebounded sharply from a two-day decline, with the Dow industrials jumping more than 260 points shortly after Tuesday's opening bell.

By Wallace Witkowski, MarketWatch
Average beat of lowball forecasts may not prevent decline
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Enjoy the better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings season as it draws to a close, because the first quarter is looking downright ugly.

By Wallace Witkowski, MarketWatch
Average beat of lowball forecasts may not prevent decline
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Enjoy the better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings season as it draws to a close, because the first quarter is looking downright ugly.

By Wallace Witkowski, MarketWatch
Average beat of lowball forecasts may not prevent decline
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Enjoy the better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings season as it draws to a close, because the first quarter is looking downright ugly.

By Wallace Witkowski, MarketWatch
Average beat of lowball forecasts may not prevent decline
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Enjoy the better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings season as it draws to a close, because the first quarter is looking downright ugly.

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